Some of the reportage emanating from the recently concluded 2024 International Building EXPO, staged at the Providence National Stadium, focused on the role played by the Guyana Office for Investment (GOINVEST) in the event. While the event had been tagged as hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Water, its overarching focus appeared to seek to paint, with a much broader brush, which reportedly focused on continued burnishing of the country’s petro-driven focus as offering potentially lucrative opportunities for investment.
As if to demonstrate that such investment opportunities are as much open to regional investors as to local ones, this year’s Building Expo event included high-profile participation therein by the Guyana Office for Investment (GOINVEST), a state-run agency whose two primary functions are listed as (1) Investment Promotion and Facilitation; and (2) Export Promotion. The high-profile presence of GOINVEST at this year’s Building EXPO appeared to suggest a conceptual broadening of the event to accommodate an agenda that has now expanded beyond the ‘building’ tag line that had been its original focus.